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Spring Fever
Lawson's Finest Liquids
- From:
- Lawson's Finest Liquids
- Vermont, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 3.8%
- Score:
- 90
- Avg:
- 4.02 | pDev: 7.71%
- Reviews:
- 39
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 17, 2018
- Added:
- Apr 23, 2013
- Wants:
- 21
- Gots:
- 12
No description / notes.
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Ratings by MasterfulIdiot:
Reviewed by MasterfulIdiot from Georgia
3.42/5 rDev -14.9%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
3.42/5 rDev -14.9%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
Poured into an IPA glass. Liquid is a semi-transparent amber orange, with a thick off-white head that takes a few minutes to die down and leaves sheets of lace on the glass. Tons of bubbles rising up to the top. Couldn't imagine a better-looking IPA.
Wow - a lot of hops for so little alcohol! I know the bottle promised otherwise, but I couldn't help but going into this expecting the hop bill to be pretty paltry. The hop aromas lean towards the grapefruit citrus side, with just a whiff of cat pee as well. There's a bit of a sugary malt presence on the nose as well. Really nice.
Somehow, this takes a pretty severe left turn when it gets to the taste. There's a really weird adjuncty flavor to it that I can't really get myself to ignore. There are really only hints of hop flavor here, and I feel like I have to think really hard to actually taste them. Mostly I just get a kind of woody, watery taste and some mild hop bitterness. The finish is only slightly bitter, but unpleasant because there's not much flavor to back it up. The aftertaste is a little better, and brings back some of the terrific citrus aromas from the nose. Other than that, very disappointing. I don't think I've ever had a beer with so much hop aroma that left me high and dry on the taste. :(
Mouthfeel is great for the style. A bit thin, but I think that's to be expected with the low ABV. Lots of carbonation and generally a pleasant feel.
Overall, I really like everything about this beer except for the taste. I really wanted to like it, and the aroma really promised good things, but I just don't understand what went wrong with the taste. There's no bottle date, but I can't imagine that this is old because I know it definitely didn't sit on a shelf somewhere and I bought it only a week ago! I'm really just kind of perplexed by this beer. At least it was interesting!
May 04, 2014Wow - a lot of hops for so little alcohol! I know the bottle promised otherwise, but I couldn't help but going into this expecting the hop bill to be pretty paltry. The hop aromas lean towards the grapefruit citrus side, with just a whiff of cat pee as well. There's a bit of a sugary malt presence on the nose as well. Really nice.
Somehow, this takes a pretty severe left turn when it gets to the taste. There's a really weird adjuncty flavor to it that I can't really get myself to ignore. There are really only hints of hop flavor here, and I feel like I have to think really hard to actually taste them. Mostly I just get a kind of woody, watery taste and some mild hop bitterness. The finish is only slightly bitter, but unpleasant because there's not much flavor to back it up. The aftertaste is a little better, and brings back some of the terrific citrus aromas from the nose. Other than that, very disappointing. I don't think I've ever had a beer with so much hop aroma that left me high and dry on the taste. :(
Mouthfeel is great for the style. A bit thin, but I think that's to be expected with the low ABV. Lots of carbonation and generally a pleasant feel.
Overall, I really like everything about this beer except for the taste. I really wanted to like it, and the aroma really promised good things, but I just don't understand what went wrong with the taste. There's no bottle date, but I can't imagine that this is old because I know it definitely didn't sit on a shelf somewhere and I bought it only a week ago! I'm really just kind of perplexed by this beer. At least it was interesting!
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by digboy from New Hampshire
4.25/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a very hazy gold color witb a thin off white head. Aroma has strong grassy citrus notes. Taste is surprisingly full. Lowish malt, almost moderate bitterness. Feel is soft.
Great session. Well worth buying.
Jun 17, 2018Great session. Well worth buying.
Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
4.24/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured into a becher pint glass, the appearance was a nice looking semi-murky orange/copper color with a two finger white foamy head that slid off at a mild pace. Substantial milky white foamy lace wound around the glass nicely.
The aroma cut in on sharp sweet zesty floral and grassy toned hops. Mild clean cracker malt backbone, seemed barely noticeable.
The flavor was punch through the zesty and floral hop qualities. Grassiness is a bit lighter but enjoyable. Mild cracker to zesty and floral aftertaste.
The mouthfeel was about light bodied but almost made me think medium. I mean it could have been, but in a light sort of way. Carbonation felt good, fairly light. ABV felt fairly close to what was projected. Mild zesty hop spice sort of finish with that cracker malt.
Overall, as a session IPA, it works. Don't expect to get drunk, but hey this lil' guy packs a ton of flavor. And it's easy drinking.
May 25, 2018The aroma cut in on sharp sweet zesty floral and grassy toned hops. Mild clean cracker malt backbone, seemed barely noticeable.
The flavor was punch through the zesty and floral hop qualities. Grassiness is a bit lighter but enjoyable. Mild cracker to zesty and floral aftertaste.
The mouthfeel was about light bodied but almost made me think medium. I mean it could have been, but in a light sort of way. Carbonation felt good, fairly light. ABV felt fairly close to what was projected. Mild zesty hop spice sort of finish with that cracker malt.
Overall, as a session IPA, it works. Don't expect to get drunk, but hey this lil' guy packs a ton of flavor. And it's easy drinking.
Rated by craftaholic from New York
4.13/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.13/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Super grass forward
Apr 29, 2018Reviewed by Brad007 from Vermont
4.11/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.11/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Pours a hazy orange-gold hue with a thick head into my glass. Sweet and crisp with citrus and fresh hay in the nose. Pleasant citrus followed with a light pine bitterness. Drinks like a "regular strength" IPA with half the alcohol. Well worth a try if hard to find at times.
Apr 15, 2018Reviewed by PHBoiler from Illinois
4.37/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.37/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours dark orange in the glass with a dense white head. Big round body and mouthfeel. Pine and candied orange peel are the flavors I get. Crisp, biting bitter finish. Drinks like a traditional IPA. Impressive flavor in a session beer.
Jul 05, 2016Reviewed by Hyptochrons from Massachusetts
4.25/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
nice slightly hazy golden orange.
nose is faint but pleasant. earthy dankness, light pine and subtle grassiness, a bit of citrus zest and some sweetness.
pleasantly surprised by the taste. bright citrus up front and really nice bubblegum sweetness, some bready malts and a touch of bitterness on the finish. mouthfeel is light, very nice level of carbonation. overall not a ton going on but thats not surprising given that its at 3.8%. also not surprising that lawsons have crafted this delicate session ale that completely nails it in terms of finding a great balance between flavor and crushability. if for some reason you wanted to drink an absolutely obscene amount, and drink a tasty beer while doing so... this is the one! unfortunately you can only get it 1 bottle at a time very infrequently - until the new brewery opens!!!
May 13, 2016nose is faint but pleasant. earthy dankness, light pine and subtle grassiness, a bit of citrus zest and some sweetness.
pleasantly surprised by the taste. bright citrus up front and really nice bubblegum sweetness, some bready malts and a touch of bitterness on the finish. mouthfeel is light, very nice level of carbonation. overall not a ton going on but thats not surprising given that its at 3.8%. also not surprising that lawsons have crafted this delicate session ale that completely nails it in terms of finding a great balance between flavor and crushability. if for some reason you wanted to drink an absolutely obscene amount, and drink a tasty beer while doing so... this is the one! unfortunately you can only get it 1 bottle at a time very infrequently - until the new brewery opens!!!
Spring Fever from Lawson's Finest Liquids
Beer rating:
90 out of
100 with
286 ratings
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